#2E8FAD#2E8FAD

#2E8FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.098 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8FAD
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, -17.70, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 29.67, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0719 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.098 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4889, 23.2407, 43.0385)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8FAD #AD4C2E

analogous

#2EAD8B #2E8FAD #2E50AD

triadic

#2E8FAD #AD2E8F #8FAD2E

tetradic

#2E8FAD #8B2EAD #AD4C2E #50AD2E

square

#2E8FAD #8B2EAD #AD4C2E #50AD2E

split-complementary

#2E8FAD #AD2E50 #AD8B2E

monochromatic

#143F4C #21677D #2E8FAD #49AFCF #7AC4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#2E8FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#2E8FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8FAD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8FAD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.098 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0c5',
    500: '#2e8fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8fad;
$custom-light: #79b0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.173,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60756,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8FAD

secondary

#C48673

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8FAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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